It’s finally fall! Which for many of us means cooler temps, changing leaves, pumpkin flavored beverages, and back-to-school. Whether you’re a fresh…
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Early Career Research Community 8 tips for starting the school year off right (for new and continuing graduate students)
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Early Career Research Community The Dual Nature of the Research Enterprise
One major goal of the research enterprise is the generation of new scientific knowledge, which assumes that we are training researchers…
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Early Career Research Community Job Market Myths: Fact or Fiction?
Since my transition to a postdoctoral fellowship earlier this year, I’ve begun to investigate the non-academic job market. Careers outside academia were…
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Early Career Research Community ComSciConNY 2019: Competence, warmth, and knowing your audience
Have you ever found yourself listening to an academic lecture peppered with unfamiliar words, feeling a little clueless? God knows I have…
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Early Career Research Community The Untold Story: what doesn’t make it into the journal
In the world of academia, a scientist’s worth is often judged by the number of peer-reviewed articles they’ve authored and how frequently…
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Early Career Research Community True Grit: the PhD experience as a way of moving forward
It is an understatement to say that it takes persistence and endurance to get through grad school in the quest for…
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PLoS Blogs Spreading the Word: PLOS Advances Research Through Media Partnerships
This is a republished post in an effort to share PLOS posts relevant to early career researchers. Read the original post and…
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Early Career Research Community Tips on a smooth Ph.D. – Postdoc transition; avoiding the post-graduation blues
Completing my Ph.D. was truly an exciting time. Writing my thesis meant spending less time at the bench, which in turn meant…
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Early Career Research Community PLOS ECR Editorial Summer reading list
With summer and vacation upon us, we can finally catch up on some reading. For some reason, there is never enough…
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Early Career Research Community You’ve completed your review – now get credit with ORCID
This is a republished post in an effort to share PLOS posts relevant to early career researchers. Read the original post and…
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Early Career Research Community Millennials aren’t “traditional” undergraduate students today; they might be faculty colleagues
Attending a recent event focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), I heard a speaker discussing how millennials eventually will be entering…
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Early Career Research Community PLOS welcomes the revised Plan S guidelines
This is a republished post in an effort to share PLOS posts relevant to early career researchers. Read the original post and…